Chef Marcel Vigneron, portrait, as seen on Superchef Grudge Match, Season 1.
The TASTE AWARDS Committee is pleased to announce that this year’s Celebrity Award Presenters include Chef Marcel Vigneron (Top Chef) and Stuart Brazell TV + Digital Host, Actor, Creator), among others such as Michelle Harris (Alive and Well TV, syndicated nationwide), Emmy nominated actor Kim Estes, Margaret McSweeney (host and producer, Kitchen Chat), and Bita and Beata (Modern Persian Food).
Esteemed celebrity chef Marcel Vigneron has dedicated his life to gastronomy and exploring his culinary abilities. A true artisan, Marcel’s cooking is an extension of himself and the earth is his primary grocery store.
At the young age of 25, Marcel gained national notoriety in season two of Bravo’s hit reality series, Top Chef where he made it to the finals finishing “Runner-Up”. He has worked all over the globe with world-renowned chefs, including Joël Robuchon (named “Chef of the Century” by the Gault Millau) and Michael Mina (awarded “Best Chef of 2002” by the James Beard Foundation during the time of Marcel’s employment). Marcel has also spent time in Barcelona, Spain, where he took classes at El Taller with famed Chef Ferran Adrià of El Bulli restaurant, which was named the top restaurant in the world in 2007 by Restaurant magazine. Marcel worked under José Andrés as the Executive Sous Chef of The Bazaar at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, which received the first 4-star review by the LA Times in five years.
Marcel participated in Top Chef All-Stars at the end of 2010 and premiered the first season of Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen on the SyFy Network in February 2011. Marcel competed on The Food Network’s The Next Iron Chef in November 2012 and on Iron Chef in 2013. Food Fighters, America’s Best Cooks, Cutthroat Kitchen “Superstar Sabotage”, Chopped “Celebrity Chef Charity Version”, Top Chef Duels, and Tournament of Champions are a few of the more recent shows that all feature Chef. Marcel was the Chef and owner of One of LA’s Best Restaurants, Wolf which served Modern California Cuisine with style, and Tacos Lobos which served authentic Mexican street tacos. Marcel designed the restaurants, created the menus, and was at the helm of these establishments for five years until finally deciding to shut its doors in 2019 to focus on event production and entertainment. He currently resides in Malibu and was recently appointed as Executive Chef of The Aster, a first-of-its-kind members’ club and hotel in the heart of Hollywood that is home to Lemon Grove, a feature restaurant open to the public that features fresh California fare with a menu that will pay homage to the agricultural traditions of the city of angels.
Stuart Brazell
As a Hollywood insider, Stuart Brazell helped launch one of the world’s first broadband entertainment channels as Host and Executive Producer. Soon the red carpet beckoned and Stuart answered the call by bringing her insight and panache to many of the most acclaimed, star-studded events in the world! Between the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards, the American Music Awards, the AFI Film Festival, the Zurich Film Festival, the Emmy Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards, Stuart has interviewed a veritable “who’s who” of entertainment industry titans, often live and always opinionated.
Additionally, the versatile talent further developed her TV expertise by casting multiple seasons of over 10 hit reality shows. Stuart’s straight talking persona and behind-the-scenes savvy quickly made her the go-to “reality” expert on respected programs such as Larry King, Headline News, Extra and the CBS Early Show.
Currently you can catch the media maven creating and starring in content for some of the most prominent brands across all platforms around the globe, freelance entertainment reporting for shows like The Insider on CBS, KTLA and E! True Hollywood Story, hosting and producing Drinking with the Stars and Studio Wrap for TheWrap.com and on her website StuartSays.com!
ABOUT THE TASTE AWARDS
For over a decade, the TASTE AWARDS have been the premier awards celebrating the year’s best in Food, Fashion, Health, Travel, and Lifestyle programs in Film, Television, Online & Streaming Video, Podcasts, Radio and Photography.
The TASTE AWARDS have included appearances by stars, celebrities, producers and executives from networks and platforms such as the Food Network, the Style Network, Bravo, the Cooking Channel, TLC, Discovery, Lifetime, E! Entertainment Television, PBS, Create TV, APT, NETA, NBC, ABC, the CW, HGTV, the Travel Channel, HD Net, Hulu, YouTube, Dreamworks, Esquire Network, FYI Network, The History Channel, Bio, iHeart Radio, Sony Pictures, HBO Max, Entertainment Studios’ Recipe.TV, Myx TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Tastemade, AMC International, the Africa Channel, Roku, Vimeo, Vice, Vox, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, FNL Network, and more.
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